get the start position of an item using the jquery ui sortable plugin

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I am using the jQuery UI sortable plugin and I am trying to get 2 alerts

I want the staring position of the element and the finished position of the element.

$(function() {
    $("#filterlist ul").sortable({ opacity: 0.6, cursor: 'move', update: function(event, ui) {
            alert(ui.item.prevAll().length + 1);
        }
    });
});

I can get the position of the item after it has been dragged by using:-

ui.item.prevAll().length + 1

What do I use to get the position it started from?

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get the start position of an item using the jquery ui sortable plugin

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Published on 2010-04-12T08:01:31Z Indexed on 2010/04/12 8:03 UTC
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I am using the jQuery UI sortable plugin and I am trying to get 2 alerts

I want the staring position of the element and the finished position of the element.

$(function() {
    $("#filterlist ul").sortable({ opacity: 0.6, cursor: 'move', update: function(event, ui) {
            alert(ui.item.prevAll().length + 1);
        }
    });
});

I can get the position of the item after it has been dragged by using:-

ui.item.prevAll().length + 1

What do I use to get the position it started from?

© Stack Overflow or respective owner

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